Harvest Festival 2013

Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah has taken to Twitter to update fans on the status of previously-announced Harvest Festival replacement shows, after the 2013 Harvest event was cancelled. Maddah revealed that Eels and Justin Vernon‘s Volcano Choir will do full headline tours next year. In response to a fan’s question regarding Eels, Maddah announced that Mark

Conor Oberst’s band Desaparecidos have tweeted a desperate plea calling on Harvest Festival promoter AJ Maddah to arrange for a replacement tour after the festival was cancelled. The band tweeted directly at Maddah, telling him that they “really want to come to Oz” to play shows in November, and that they need him to contact

AJ Maddah has lived up to his word, with today seeing Scottish indie rockers Franz Ferdinand confirming a headlining Australian tour as compensation to fans after Harvest 2013 was cancelled. The band are about to begin a huge American tour, and will finally hit Australian shores this November, before heading back through Asia and Europe.

The show is now back on the road for would-be Harvest 2013 participants Black Rebel Motorcycle Club who have today announced the revised itinerary for their Australian return. The band will still be rocking up in November but will instead spend their time in the Australia performing a run of headlining shows after Harvest 2013

Organisers behind the now-cancelled Harvest 2013 have confirmed that replacement shows for bands on the lineup will be announced this Thursday, set to include headline tours and appearances at other festivals. HARVEST 2013 REPLACEMENT SHOWS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED – ALL THE DETAILS HERE At the time of the announcement of the festival’s cancellation, promoter AJ

Despite AJ Maddah remaining hopeful of a Goldfrapp Australian tour in the wake of Harvest 2013‘s cancellation, the outfit has announced it will not be coming Down Under in the immediate future but positive that another opportunity will present itself. The UK two piece broke the news via Twitter, saying, “So yes it’s now official,

Following the announcement that Harvest 2013 has been cancelled, top dawg AJ Maddah said that some acts from the lineup will still be making their way to Australia in the immediate future, though it looks like Harvest headliner Massive Attack will not be one of them. After last night tweeting of the festival’s cancellation, Maddah

UPDATE: Harvest Festival 2013 has been officially cancelled. More details here. With Harvest Festival 2013 on the brink of being cancelled, promoter AJ Maddah has confirmed that reformed indie legends Neutral Milk Hotel will indeed be doing a headlining tour of Australia if the event folds, reassuring fans of the legendary folk experimentalists. A fan

UPDATE: Harvest Festival 2013 has been officially cancelled. More details here. Fans of Volcano Choir and Justin Vernon were sent into a frenzy this week when it was revealed that VC would be featured on the second lineup announcement for Harvest Festival 2013, but any hope of sideshow announcements have been brutally crushed, with a

Fans of Bon Iver are fairly confused at this point in time as to the future of the beloved outfit. Just yesterday main man Justin Vernon questioned the future of his solo project, confirming again today that he has “no plans” for Bon Iver, but his record company have waded into proceedings to make sure

UPDATE: Harvest Festival 2013 has been officially cancelled. More details here. Trip hop legends Massive Attack will have an extra special guest vocalist performing with them at their Harvest Festival shows this November, with the event’s promoter AJ Maddah broadcasting the news to fans via his Twitter account. Maddah was asked if Neneh Cherry would

Soundwave top dog AJ Maddah has got straight into the swing of things following a cheeky break, confirming that the official Soundwave 2014 lineup announcement will drop within the next 30 days. The good news doesn’t end there with the promoter also assuring fans that the second line up announcements for both Harvest 2013 and

Aussie experimental rock heroes The Drones have released second single A Moat You Can Stand In from their sixth studio album, I See Seaweed, and to accompany it they’ve announced a tour of Australia and their first-ever headlining tour of New Zealand. That’s good news for those who missed their killer live shows at the

Franz Ferdinand have released the video feature for their recently unveiled track Right Action. The track will feature on the indie lords’ fourth studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, and sees the band add another name to the extensive list of collaborators for the record. The band worked with Swedish music video specialist